Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Brain and Cerebellum in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Table 4
Correlations between the total grey matter volume of brain and age, gender, gestational age, Apgar score, birth weight, GMFCS, motor and speech development, mental retardation, and epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy () and controls ().
Variable
value
value
Grey matter volume versus age
Cerebral palsy
0.248
0.017
Control
0.323
0.001
Grey matter volume versus male sex
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.013
Control
0.057
Grey matter volume versus female sex
NS
Cerebral palsy
Control
0.048
Grey matter volume versus gestational age
NS
Cerebral palsy
Control
0.028
Grey matter volume versus Apgar score
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.044
Control
0.038
Grey matter volume versus birth weight
NS
Cerebral palsy
Control
Grey matter volume versus GMFCS
Cerebral palsy
0.036
NS
Control
Grey matter volume versus siting
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.197
Control
Grey matter volume versus standing
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.098
Control
0.068
Total brain volume versus walking
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.085
Control
Grey matter volume versus speech development
Cerebral palsy
0.090
Control
0.117
NS
Grey matter volume versus mental retardation
NS
Cerebral palsy
Control
0.323
Grey matter volume versus epilepsy
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.022
Control
: Spearman rank sum correlation coefficient; NS: not significant; : not tested for controls.
